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This chapter targets the reconstruction work of the interior mechanism of the lost solar subsystem. The input sources of the lost structures are analyzed according to the surviving structure. The identifications of input sources are the basis of the reconstruction designs. All feasible reconstruction designs are synthesized through the proposed systematical design procedure presented in Chap. 5 [1–5]. In addition, the tooth counting relations corresponding to the feasible designs are derived.
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Lin, JL., Yan, HS. (2016). Reconstruction Designs of the Solar Subsystem. In: Decoding the Mechanisms of Antikythera Astronomical Device. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48447-0_8
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